Comments on: Is a Coal Plant in Surry County a Bad Idea? CCAN Asks Terry McAuliffe http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/04/28/is-a-coal-plant-in-surry-county-a-bad-idea-ccan-asks-terry-mcauliffe/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Sun, 06 May 2012 08:12:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: R Margolis http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/04/28/is-a-coal-plant-in-surry-county-a-bad-idea-ccan-asks-terry-mcauliffe/#comment-77822 Sun, 03 May 2009 16:39:17 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/?p=10650#comment-77822 Hilary -

I noticed in your post that you mentioned combined cycle natural gas as an alternative. While certainly natural gas is cleaner, safer, and easier to build than coal, it often gets chosen when gas is cheap (like now) and then the bills go up when gas prices rise (i.e., natural gas prices have high volatility). I recall during the 90s when gas was so cheap that over 200 GW of gas turbines were built and everything else was rejected. Sounds like history may repeat itself?

]]> By: Mattie Reitman http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/04/28/is-a-coal-plant-in-surry-county-a-bad-idea-ccan-asks-terry-mcauliffe/#comment-77467 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:58:40 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/?p=10650#comment-77467 In Virginia, here in Ohio, and to some extent around the nation, I have noticed a significant shift in the way politicians talk about coal recently. It is now seen as a default, a bridge, and it’s becoming a more politically risky issue.

This is critical stuff. Plants are much harder to stop once they get that first shovel in the ground. No Cliffside, No Surry, No Wise, No AMP-Ohio, and No Nukes!

]]> By: Tor Hershman http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/04/28/is-a-coal-plant-in-surry-county-a-bad-idea-ccan-asks-terry-mcauliffe/#comment-77410 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:09:00 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/?p=10650#comment-77410 You gosh darn kids nowadays.

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